Cigar.



H. R. VAN DEVENTER.

CIGAR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 26. I915.

7w 1 9 1 3 R p A d 6 b n e t a D HARRY R. VAN DEVENTER, 0F SUMTJER,SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOB '10 SPLITDORF ELECTRICAL COMPANY, OF NEWARK,NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CIGAR.

Specification of Letters fiatent.

Patented Apr. 3, WWW.

Application filed October 26, 1915. Serial No. 57,966.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY R. VAN DEvnN- ran, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Sumter, in the county of Sumter and Stateof South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCigars, of which the following is a specification. This inventionrelates to cigars provided with means connected therewith for renderingthe cigar ready for smoking without clipping or puncturmg the same.

The objects of the invention are to provide a cigar having an insert inthe butt end thereof which may be withdrawn for the purpose of leavingthe cigar in condition for smoking; to providea match for such insertsaid match being covered with paraflin paper or other protectivematerial to secure the same against disintegration when the cigars areplaced in a humidor or otherwise brought in contact with moisture.

/ The invention also contemplates providing a band for the cigar whichis covered with an abrasive material so that matches may be struckthereon i With these and such other objects in view as may hereinaftermore fully appear, my invention consists in the novel construction andarrangement of parts set forth in the following description, moreparticularly pointed out in the claim, and which are shownintheaccompanymg drawing, wherein The figure is a side elevation, partlyin section, of a cigar constructed in accordance with my invention.

Referring to said drawings by numerals:

A cigar 1, of the usual and ordinary type,

has embedded in the puncture 2 formed inv A band 5 encircles the cigarand has abrasive material adhesively attached thereto in the usual andordinary manner. When it is desired to smoke the cigar th end of thematch or the projecting end of the covering is grasped and the match andcovering withdrawn. This leaves a puncture in the cigar, and the same isready for smoking. The match may then be unwrapped or otherwise relievedof its covering and the match used for lighting the cigar. The match maybe struck, if desired, on the abrasive material of the band.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

' An article of manufacturecomprising a cigar, a match embedded in thebutt end thereof, a waterproof covering for said match, and a tailformed of said covering and extending through the butt of the cigar forthe purpose specified.

- In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

HARRY R. VAN DEVENTER.

